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Cambridge University Press The Iraq Wars and Americas Military Revolution
Book SynopsisMany saw the United States' decisive victory in Desert Storm (1991) as not only vindication of American defense policy since Vietnam but also confirmation of a revolution in military affairs (RMA). Just as information-age technologies were revolutionizing civilian life, the Gulf War appeared to reflect similarly profound changes in warfare. A debate has raged ever since about a contemporary RMA and its implications for American defense policy. Addressing these issues, The Iraq Wars and America's Military Revolution is a comprehensive study of the Iraq Wars in the context of the RMA debate. Focusing on the creation of a reconnaissance-strike complex and conceptions of parallel or nonlinear warfare, Keith L. Shimko finds a persuasive case for a contemporary RMA while recognizing its limitations as well as promise.Trade Review'Did Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom herald a transformation in warfare? In a clearly written examination of these two wars, Shimko's answer is yes. His book advances the debate over the existence and scope of the revolution in military affairs (RMA) by giving defense planners and scholars a framework to judge the evidence themselves. Shimko outlines the key features of the revolution, speculating on what they mean for the low-intensity conflicts of today and how they might shape the high-intensity conflicts of the future. Advocates as well as skeptics of a transformation in warfare will find The Iraq Wars and America's Military Revolution valuable because it is the most coherent statement to date in support of the RMA.' Jasen J. Castillo, Texas A&M University'In The Iraq Wars and America's Military Revolution, Keith Shimko offers an informed and fair assessment of the rich yet often disputatious range of views on the evolution and combat use of American military power since Vietnam. In considering the hard investment choices now facing the nation's defense leaders, he has well spotlighted both the merits and the manifest exaggerations on all sides of the debate over the relative strengths and inadequacies of America's transformed warfighting posture from the Persian Gulf War of 1991 to today's very different counterinsurgency wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.' Benjamin Lambeth, RAND Corporation'Keith L. Shimko has written a clear and carefully nuanced work on the emergence of the American revolution in military affairs. It should be read by all interested in current defense issues.' Williamson Murray, Ohio State UniversityTable of Contents1. Military revolutions and the Iraq wars; 2. From Vietnam to Iraq - the rebirth of American military power and the origins of an RMA; 3. The first Iraq War, 1991 - a revolution dawns?; 4. The Iraq interregnum, 1991–2000; 5. Afghanistan and the second Iraq War, 2001–3 - a revolution confirmed?; 6. The third Iraq War, 2003–? - a revolution denied?; Conclusion: the future of America's military revolution.
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Cambridge University Press A Place to Remember A History of the Shrine of Remembrance
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Cambridge University Press AngloJapanese Alienation 1919 1952
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Cambridge University Press Thailands Secret War OSS SOE and the Free Thai Underground During World War II Cambridge Military Histories
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Cambridge University Press The Chinese People at War Human Suffering and Social Transformation 19371945 6 New Approaches to Asian History Series Number 6
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Cambridge University Press European Neutrals and NonBelligerents During the Second World War
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Cambridge University Press British Broadcasting and the Danish Resistance Movement 19401945
First published in 1966, twenty-one years after the close of the Second World War, this incisive study traces the history and the impact of the British Broadcasting Corporation's wartime broadcasts to Denmark. The BBC's Danish Service in particular played a crucial role in relaying information to the occupied European country.
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Cambridge University Press The Splintering of Spain
Book SynopsisThis 2005 book explores the ideas and culture surrounding the Spanish Civil War. Leading historians offer new interpretations of the civil war and argue that it reflected the cultural cleavages in 1930s society rather than a single great conflict between two easily identifiable sets of ideas, classes or ways of life.Trade Review"The anthology sheds light on important aspects of modern Spanish history that have until now received little attention, and the analyses of its contributors are often interesting and astute. It thus has much to offer historians of modern Spain and of civilian wartime culture and ideologies." -Geoffrey Jensen, Virginia Military Institute, The Journal of Military History"...a very useful collection for specialists." --Nathanael Greene, Wesleyan University, History: Review of New BooksTable of Contents1. History, memory and the Spanish civil war: recent perspectives Chris Ealham and Michael Richards; Part I. Overviews: Violence, Nationalism and Religion: 2. The symbolism of violence during the Second Republic in Spain, 1931–1936 Eduardo Gonzalez Calleja; 3. Nations in arms against the invader: on nationalism discourses during the Spanish Civil War, 1936–9 Xose-Manoel Núnez Seixas; 4. 'The keys of the Kingdom': religious violence in the Spanish Civil War, July–August 1936 Mary Vincent; Part II. Republican Political and Cultural Projects: 5. Catalan populism in the Spanish civil war Enric Ucelay- Da Cal; 6. The myth of the maddened crowd: class, culture and space in the revolutionary project in Barcelona 1936–37 Chris Ealham; 7. The culture of empowering in Gijón, 1936–37 Pamela Radcliff; Part III. Identities on the Francoist Side: 8. Old symbols, new meanings: mobilising the rebellion in the summer of 1936 Rafael Cruz Martinez; 9. 'Spain's Vendee': Carlist identity in Navarre as a mobilising model Francisco Javier Caspistegui; 10. 'Presenting arms to the Blessed Sacrament': civil war and Semana Santa in the city of Málaga, 1936–39 Michael Richards.
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Cambridge University Press Combat and Morale in the North African Campaign The Eighth Army and the Path to El Alamein Cambridge Military Histories
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Cambridge University Press Armies of Empire The 9th Australian and 50th British Divisions in Battle 19391945 Australian Army History Series
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Cambridge University Press The Chinese People at War Human Suffering and Social Transformation 19371945 New Approaches to Asian History Series Number 6
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Cambridge University Press Shadows of War
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Cambridge University Press Soviet Women in Combat
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Cambridge University Press The French Who Fought for Hitler
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Cambridge University Press Mussolini Unleashed 19391941
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Cambridge University Press Britain and the Vatican During the Second World War
Book SynopsisThe book studies the use made by the British Government of its envoy, immured inside the Vatican from 1940 to 1944, and what the envoy made of such opportunities during the Second World War to help the Allied cause.Trade Review'This is one of the most interesting books so far written about the Second World War … a strange tale wonderfully told by the master of the art of writing history.' Robert Blake, Illustrated London News'The whole narrative is full of … fascinating details, and they are told with great skill … [The volume] gives us a completely new insight into the inner workings of that Vatican, and the human story of the relationship between two exceptional men is sheer delight.' Denis Mack Smith, The Times Literary Supplement'With this book, Owen Chadwick had quite simply changed the agenda for historians who really want to understand what the Vatican was up to during the war.' Peter Hebblethwaite, Guardian'… admirably succinct and readable account of diplomatic life in the Vatican … his lively narrative provides a fascinating picture of the Vatican under siege'. Daily TelegraphTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Britain and the Vatican in the last years of Pope Pius XI (1935–39); 2. The conclave of 1939; 3. The peace plans of Pius XII; 4. The winter war, 1939–40; 5. The Italian entry into the war; 6. First months in the Vatican; 7. Surveillance I; 8. Surveillance II: the bag; 9. The Jews in 1942; 10. The bombing of Rome; 11. The Italian armistice; 12. The German occupation; 13. Aftermath; Select bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Republic in Danger
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Cambridge University Press The Bread of Affliction The Food Supply in the USSR during World War II 76 Cambridge Russian Soviet and PostSoviet Studies Series Number 76
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Cambridge University Press Britain and Poland 19391943
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Cambridge University Press Genoa Rapallo and European Reconstruction in 1922
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Cambridge University Press The Red Cross and the Holocaust
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Cambridge University Press The Path to Genocide
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Cambridge University Press Military Effectiveness
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Cambridge University Press British Jewry and the Holocaust
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Cambridge University Press The Spanish Republic at War 19361939
Book SynopsisThis 2002 book is a comprehensive analysis of the forces of the Spanish left - interpreted broadly - during the civil war of 1936â9, and the first of its kind for more than thirty years. It argues two crucial propositions. First, that the wartime responses (and limitations) of the Spanish left - republicans, socialists, communists and anarcho-syndicalists - can be understood only in relation to their pre-war experiences, world views, organisational structures and the wider Spanish context of acute uneven development which had moulded their organisations over previous decades. Second, that the overarching influence that shaped the evolution of the Republic between 1936 and 1939 was the war itself: the book explores the complex, cumulative effects of a civil war fought under the brutally destabilising conditions of an international arms embargo.Trade Review'… by some distance the best book I have read in any language on the Spanish Republic during the Civil War. The detailed - and thoroughly analytical - narrative of the politics of the Republic outshines anything that has been written before … A very major work by a mature historian writing at the height of her powers.' Professor Paul Preston, London School of Economics and Political Science'… a highly detailed and densely argued contribution to the long-running historical debate about the nature of the wartime Spanish republic.' History'Not the least of the merits of this massively impressive book is its setting of the Spanish Civil War, as seen from the standpoint of an observer of the politics and society of the Republican zone, in contexts that historiography tends to ignore … Graham brilliantly illuminates the immaturity of Spanish political life … This book is so rich that one can find nuggets of gold everywhere …'. War in History'… this work is an absolute must for all who want to look beyond the simple events and varying accounts of the Spanish Civil War. … Graham is the author of a brilliant analysis that is both highly interesting and highly readable. Even those who already know a great deal about the Spanish Civil War will be able to draw new knowledge from this work.' International Review of Social History'Helen Graham's study constituted a comprehensive analysis and detailed description of Republican politics during the war period … her book may well be considered as a kind of updated synthesis, which will be extremely useful for anyone interested in the Civil War.' Contemporary European HistoryTable of ContentsPreface; Introduction: A fractured left: the impact of uneven development 1898–1930; 1. The challenge of mass political mobilisation 1931–6; 2. Against the state: military rebellion, political fragmentation, popular resistance and repression, 18 July–4 September 1936; 3. Building the war effort, building the state for total war, September 1936–February 1937; 4. Challenges to the centralising republic: revolutionary and liberal particularisms in Catalonia, Aragon and the Basque country; 5. The Barcelona May Days and their consequences, February–August 1937; 6. Negrín's war on three fronts; 7. The collapse of the Republican home front; Glossary; Bibliography.
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Cambridge University Press Contending with Hitler
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Cambridge University Press Churchill and the Politics of War 19401941 Cacu
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Cambridge University Press Hong Kong the Road to 1997
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Cambridge University Press Hong Kong The Road to 1997
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Cambridge University Press Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany
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Cambridge University Press Germany Hitler and World War II Essays in Modern German and World History
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Cambridge University Press Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany Comparisons and Contrasts by Bessel Richard 1996 Paperback
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Cambridge University Press Masters of War
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Cambridge University Press Opposing Fascism
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Cambridge University Press Opposing Fascism Community Authority and Resistance in Europe
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Cambridge University Press Britain and Poland 19391943 The Betrayed Ally 97 Cambridge Russian Soviet and PostSoviet Studies Series Number 97
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Cambridge University Press The Spanish Republic and Civil War
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Cambridge University Press Conflict over Convoys
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Cambridge University Press Rommels Desert War Waging World War II in North Africa 19411943 Cambridge Military Histories
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Cambridge University Press The Proud 6th An Illustrated History of the 6th Australian Division 19391946 Australian Army History Series
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Cambridge University Press The Most Controversial Decision
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Cambridge University Press Conflict over Convoys AngloAmerican Logistics Diplomacy in the Second World War
Book SynopsisConflict over Convoys examines the Battle of the Atlantic from the perspective of Anglo-American diplomacy, deepening our understanding of Allied grand strategy, British industrial policy, and operations TORCH and OVERLORD. Failure to build and maintain enough ships to feed the people and wage war made Britain dependent upon American-built merchant ships and American logistical support, yet British strategists aspired to dominate Allied strategy, while Roosevelt mismanaged merchant shipping allocations. The resulting gap between strategic ambition and logistical reality embittered the controversy over the 'Second Front'. Victory in the Atlantic finally led to American dominance of Allied logistics diplomacy and strategy. Conflict over Convoys relates these tensions to the decline of British hegemony and the rise of the USA to global influence.Trade Review"...this book is solid and well researched....Smith has used a wealth of private and public sources, mostly British, but many American as well, to buttress his story. He well illustrates the logistical problems of the alliance and the interaction between civilians and the military in achieving hard-fought consensus over military strategy during the war." The Journal of American History"I highly recommend the book as a significant contribution to both military history and the history of the Second World War, its wide scope highlights a number of subjects....Smith's excellent footnotes and comprehensive bibliography will provide scholars with a valuable guide to future studies." Keith W. Bird, The Journal of Military History"Overall this book is solid and well researched....Smith has used a wealth of private and public sources, mostly British but many American as well, to buttress his story. He well illustrates the logistical problems of the alliance and the interaction between civilians and the military in acieving hard-fought consensus over military strategy during the war." Richard W. Fanning, Journal of American History"...Smith has made an important contribution to our knowledge of numerous aspects of the World War II Grand Alliance." Mark A. Stoler, American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. 'Not what it could or should be': Britain's shipping situation; 2. 'Beyond our power without your help': Britain's Battle of the Atlantic; 3. 'But westward, look, the land is bright': American shipping assistance from neutrality to belligerency, March 1941–November 1942; 4. Roosevelt's promise: 'Your requirements will be met'; 5. The Casablanca Conference and its aftermath: a 'most curious misunderstanding'; 6. Reaping the whirlwind: the perils of impending victory; Postscript and conclusions; Appendices.
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Cambridge University Press Diplomacy and Intelligence During the Second World War
Book SynopsisThis collection of specially commissioned essays has been assembled as a tribute to Professor F. H. Hinsley, the foremost historian of British wartime intelligence. Strategic topics include the rapid collapse of France in 1940, Britain's response to it, and Russia's demand for a second front in Europe.Table of ContentsPart I: 1. Introduction Richard Langhorne; 2. F. H. Hinsley and a rational world order: an essay in bibliography Jonathan Steinberg; 3. F. H. Hinsley and the Cambridge moles: two patterns of intelligence recruitment Christopher Andrew; Part II: 4. Strategy, arms and the collapse of France 1930–40 Bradford A. Lee; 5. Vansittart's administration of the Foreign Office in the 1930s Donald Boadle; 6. Italy's historians and the myth of Fascism Richard Bosworth; Part III: 7. The political uses of military intelligence: evaluating the threat of a Jewish revolt against Britain during the Second World War Ronald Zweig; 8. The politics of asylum, Juan Negrín and the British Government in 1940 Denis Smyth; 9. Churchill and the British 'Decision' to fight on in 1940: right policy, wrong reasons David Reynolds; 10. Britain and the Russian entry into the war Sheila Lawlor; 11. Crowning the revolution: the British, King Peter and the path to Tito's cave Mark Wheeler; 12. Franklin Roosevelt and Unconditional Surrender A. E. Campbell; Part IV: 13. Crimes against peace: the case of the invasion of Norway at the Nuremberg Trials Patrick Salmon; Notes; Bibliography of the writings of F. H. Hinsley; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Stafford Cripps Mission to Moscow 1940 42
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Cambridge University Press The Bread of Affliction The Food Supply in the USSR during World War II 76 Cambridge Russian Soviet and PostSoviet Studies Series Number 76
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Cambridge University Press The Republic in Danger General Maurice Gamelin and the Politics of French Defence 19331940
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Cambridge University Press A Partnership for Disorder
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Cambridge University Press The Civilian Population and the Warsaw Uprising of 1944
Book SynopsisThis book analyses of their reaction to the battle itself and to its political and diplomatic implications. It is a study, where possible, of public opinion. The first chapter of the book is a detailed description of life in occupied Warsaw from 1939 to 1944, as this forms an indispensable background to the work.Table of Contents1. Social structure of Warsaw in 1931; 2. Employment in Warsaw industries, October 1941; 3. Wage rates for manual and clerical workers, January 1943; 4. Wage index of municipal manual workers; 5. Free market prices in Warsaw; 6. Availability of electrivity in Polish districts; 7. Comparison of Polish and German monthly ration cards; 8. Percentage and causes of death in Warsaw, 1939–41; 9. Type of persons using soup kitchens, 1941; 10. Distribution of clothing by relief organisations in Warsaw, September 1939–May 1944; 11. Conditions and morale in various houses in Sródmiescie, 31 August 1944; 12. Allocation of water; 13. Comparison of losses in human lives in countries under Nazi occupation.
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